EEC 560: Managing Inclusive Environments
Fall 2012
0810-560-002


Meeting Days: Fridays
Dates: August 31st - December 14th
Time: 4:30-6:20pm
Room: Harvey Hall / Room 102
Instructor: Whittney Smith, Ed.D.
Phone/email: (516) 237-2650; email: wsmith@mineola.k12.ny.us; wsmithatc@gmail.com
Office Hours: By appointment; 516-237-2650

Course Readings
Required:
Lavoie, Richard. (2007). The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning on the Tuned-Out Child.
Gruwell, Erin. (2009). Teaching Hope or The Freedom Writers Diary
Articles & selected Case Studies to be provided by the instructor.

Recommended:

Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Effective and Reflective Practices (6th Edition) by Spencer Salend

How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classroomsby Marilyn Friend

The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners by Carol Ann Tomlinson

Differentiated Instruction and Achieve Success with All Learners (Scholastic Teaching Strategies) by Judith Dodge

Part 200 and Part 201 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education (New York)

Co-Teach! A handbook for creating and sustaining classroom partnerships in inclusive schools by Marilyn Friend

What Great Teachers Do Differently: Fourteen Things that Matter Most by Todd Whitaker

Course Outline

Session 1: Introduction to the course (8/31)

• Assignments and expectations
• Course overview
• Field observation objectives and reporting
• The Dreaded Stairs
• Do You Believe in Me?
• Read What It Takes to Become a Great Teacher.pdf and Blog
• Quotes from Drumming....pptx
• Tree_Diagram.png

Session 2: Understanding Inclusion (9/7)

• Two truths and a lie!
• Understanding Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA )
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• NCLB / Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
• Section 504 policies and practices
• A Comparison of IDEA, ADA, and Section 504
• Part 200 and 201 of the Commissioner's Regulations
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Session 3: Inclusive Environments (9/14)

• The IEP
• Composition, definition, issues and practices overview Disabilities
• Scheduling
• Teaming / Collaboration Types of teams; roles and responsibilities of team members
• Introduction to IEPs and Chapter 408.ppt
• The New IEP.ppt
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Session 4: Meeting the Needs of All Students (9/21)

• Differentiated Instruction
• Response to Intervention (RtI)
• Motivation / Connecting
• Planning / Implementation (INCLUSION HANDBOOK 10-11.pdf)
• Engaging_&_Motivating.ppt

Session 5: Meeting the Needs of All Students Continued (9/28)

Assignment: IEP Analysis Due

• Classroom management in inclusive settings

• Effective Teachers
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• Framing Question:How does this excerpt make you think about your previous thoughts about education and the classrooms you have been in?

• text_based_guidelines.pdf

Session 6: Inclusive Environments Continued (10/5)

Interview is due

• Characteristics of effective collaboration; analysis of resistance issues
• Co-teaching - Models / Types
• Co-teaching Presentation.ppt
• Six Models of Co-teaching.doc
• Co-teaching Resources (INCLUSION HANDBOOK 10-11.pdf)

Session 7: Response to Intervention (10/12)

• The SYNERGY needed between Response to Intervention (RtI), the Instructional Support Team (IST), and the Committee on Special Education (CSE)

• RTI, IST, CSE.ppt
• RtI & The IST (AU).ppt
• Pyramid of Interventions (Fill-in).ppt
• REMINDER: You have a blog post to respond to... don't forget about your observation logs, and... Lavoie book is due next class...

Session 8: Book Talk (10/19)

• Discussion of Rick Lavoie’s, The Motivation Breakthrough
• Essential Question: How should a child’s motivational style affect our teaching style?
• Chalk Talk (chalk_talk.jpg)
• Notes from chalk talk (3/25):IMG_0045.JPG, IMG_0044.JPG

Session 9: Technology (10/26)

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• Web 2.0.doc
• Goomoodleikiog!
• Wikis in Plain English
• Google!
• Podcasts & Screencasts...
• Snagit / ShowMe
• Assistive Technology
  • at_worksheet.pdf
• Educational Technology – Web 2.0
• Websites and practical tools for use in the classroom
• ASSIGNMENT: Blog your field observation logs and post some questions for a co-teacher

Session 10: Co-Teachers: Lesson Planning & other topics (11/2)

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• Topics for Co-teachers to discuss
• Basis for Selecting a Co-Teaching Approach
• Lesson Planning
• Inclusive Environments Final.doc
• Inclusive Environments Packet 2011.doc

Session 11: Integral Members of the Team (11/9)

• Understanding family concerns and needs; analysis of resistance issues

• Overview of cultural issues roles and responsibilities of related services professionals

• Roles, responsibilities and supervision of paraprofessionals / teacher aides

• Working with General Education

• Working with Administration

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Session 12: Book Talk (11/16)

• Discussion of Erin Gruwell’s , Teaching Hope
• Essential Question: How do we reach and teach those that others feel cannot be reached?
• Booktalk Worksheet (2).doc
• Erin Gruwell & Maria Reyes.bmp
• Line Game Lesson Plan
• Toast for Change Lesson Plan

Session 13: Mindset (11/30)

• Special Guest Presenter: Jennifer Maichin, Special Education Teacher
• Fixed vs. Growth
• Essential Questions: How can mindset motivate our students and help them improve in school? How does mindset help us reach our own goals -- personal and professional?
• Mindset Survey
• Mindset.ppt
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Session 14: Evaluating Individual and Program Progress (12/7)

Field Observations due! --- 5 Blog Entries & Signed Paperwork

• Essential Questions: How do we know that what we are doing is working? What do we do when it’s not working?
• Keys to Successful Inclusion (Keys to Successful Inclusion.doc)
• Standing up for what matters --- Oneby Kathryn Otoshi
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Session 15: The End… the beginning! (12/14)

• Presentations Due ---- examples: Amanda's website; Meghan's Video, Grace's PresentationMiss Polson

• Make sure that all reading responses are included in the wikispace discussion section
• “Welcome to Holland”
• The Starfish Story
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**Course Assignments, Due Dates, and Grading**

• Don't forget to check the Blog for new Posts that you need to respond to weekly